Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (PALS) assists minorities entering the legal profession. PALS offers mentoring, career guidance, professional and skill development, and networking opportunities to law students and early career attorneys of color.
PALS, originally called the “Adopt-a-Law Student Program,” was founded in 1984 to improve the recruitment of minority law students by New York City’s major law firms. Since its creation 30 years ago, PALS has been the premier organization of its kind in the New York City area whose mission is to provide services and opportunities dedicated to minority law students and new attorneys of color.
PALS has a strong legacy and tradition of providing excellent supplemental programs, resources, and vast opportunities through its strong community of practicing attorneys and law firms dedicated to enhancing diversity in the legal profession.
PALS succeeds each time one of the students or new attorneys in its program achieves a personal victory or milestone in his or her legal career.